---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 70304"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "70304"
heading: "Travel advisories on security at foreign ports"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/70304"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Security and Drug Enforcement"
  - "Chapter 703 — Maritime Security"
---

# §70304. Travel advisories on security at foreign ports

- (a) **General Requirements.—** On being notified by the [Secretary](/usc/46/70101.md?p=6) that the [Secretary](/usc/46/70101.md?p=6) has determined that a condition exists that threatens the safety or security of passengers, [passenger vessels](/usc/46/70301.md?p=2), or crew traveling to or from a foreign port that the [Secretary](/usc/46/70101.md?p=6) has determined under [section 70303(b) of this title](/usc/46/70303.md?p=b) does not maintain and administer effective security measures, the Secretary of State immediately shall issue a travel advisory for that port. The Secretary of State shall take the necessary steps to widely publicize the travel advisory.
- (b) **Lifting Advisories.—** A travel advisory issued under [subsection (a)](#a) may be lifted only if the [Secretary](/usc/46/70101.md?p=6), in consultation with the Secretary of State, has determined that effective security measures are maintained and administered at the port.
- (c) **Notice to Congress.—** The Secretary of State shall notify Congress immediately of any change in the status of a travel advisory issued under this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 10(2), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1684.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 70304 | 46 App.:1804. | Pub. L. 99–399, title IX, § 908, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 891; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, title XXII, § 2224(b), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–819. |

In subsection (b), the words “with respect to which the Secretary of Transportation had made the determination described in section 1803(d) of this Appendix” are omitted as unnecessary.